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Integrating worker voices into agricultural operations can improve efficiency, contribute to better employee retention, discover hidden problems and create a more cohesive culture.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on JLD Inc., doing business as North Country Wholesale (JLD), North Conway, N.H., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
LeadNY, a New York leadership development program, is accepting applications for its next class of northeastern leaders in food, agriculture and natural resources.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the common narrative among produce marketers is that consumers have been drawn toward bagged fruit, whether that be for convenience, economy or perceptions of safety.
Avocados and mangoes are a couple of the top produce items for Cinco de Mayo, and suppliers expect demand to be strong despite different consumer patterns than previous years.
All humility aside, it’s good to be first. Florida is the first state in the U.S. to have ripe, marketable peaches each year, a point of pride for the state’s growers and marketers.
United Fresh Produce Association gathered their exhibiting community for the first time since announcing their return to live events this June 24-26 in Los Angeles, CA.
Smurfit Kappa is proud to announce that its support of and contribution to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been recognised by Support the Goals.
Larry McIntosh, president and CEO of Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Peak of the Market, is retiring after leading the company for 27 years.
If a produce company was to build a social responsibility program, what should it consist of?
Murrieta, Calif.-based West Pak Avocado has partnered with Apeel to extended shelf life and reduce food waste for their premium avocados.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc. has launched Opt For Avo, a health and lifestyle campaign designed to promote healthy lifestyles with avocados.
Chelsea, Mass.-based Morning Kiss Organic is looking forward to bringing a healthy crop of organic Vidalia onions to market this spring.
Oishii, the producer of a much-hyped seedless, creamy, premium strawberry grown at a Kearny, N.J.-based commercial-scale indoor vertical farm, has closed in on $50 million in funding.
Summer is several months away, but if there’s one message I think about now, it’s “game on!”
Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards has released an innovative new program, Flavogram®, to help consumers compare apples to apples.
The Alliance for Food and Farming has launched a new Facebook contest, #NoMoreDirtyDozen.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that producers of south Florida avocados voted to continue their marketing order program.
The Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association will be bringing the industry back together – in person – in Monterey, Calif., for the Foodservice Conference on July 21-22.
The National Mango Board (NMB) elected new officers during its March board meeting.
Hailey, Idaho-based ProSource Produce L.L.C., is releasing the first images of the company’s new, Sweet Onion carton, available to ship later this week.
After 35 years in the produce industry, Jim Leimkuhler, CEO of Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce LLC, will retire March 31.
A $314 million ag-tech center — that will grow indoors, copack, distribute and sometimes process fresh greens, tomatoes, blueberries and other produce — is coming to South Carolina.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s new produce safety website has launched to help professionals abide by the Food Safety Modernization Act, including the Produce Safety Rule.
Pharr, Texas-based Kaliroy Fresh LLC is launching a new top seal resealable snacking tomato line.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to revise the U.S. Standards for Watermelon to provide a common language for trade.
One good list deserves another. Following up on our first set of takeaways from the opening day of United Fresh’s BrandStorm event, here are a few more highlights from the last two days of the virtual conference.
This is part two of a two-part report on takeaways from the second and third days of BrandStorm 2021.
Most California avocado marketers are optimistic that the foodservice trend line is pointing higher, but say making firm predictions is impossible.